Ed Miliband’s wife hit the campaign trail alone for the first time yesterday
as part of a strategy to give her a bigger role before the general election.

Although she is often seen at her husband’s side at party conferences, Justine
Thornton has kept a low profile since his election. However, Mr Miliband’s
team is determined to make more use of her. Yesterday she climbed aboard
Scottish Labour’s campaign bus, which is on tour in an attempt to get Scots
to vote “no” on September 18. The visit, to a bottling plant in the west of
Scotland and to meet